Klarinet Archive - Posting 000231.txt from 1996/02

From: Jacqueline G Eastwood <eastwooj@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Perplexed About Chart
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 12:04:19 -0500

Hi Phil,

It does appear to be some sort of transposition aid. This is my theory:

If you are playing on your Bb horn, and you are asked for a C major
scale, you would proceed to play your fingered C major scale. Then you
are asked to play the same SOUNDING PITCH scale on your F basset horn.
By consulting the chart, you discover that C major on the Bb is scale
#1. Finding scale #1 on the line for an F-pitched instrument, you see
that you should FINGER an F major scale in order to reproduce the same
SOUNDING PITCH scale. If you were holding your Eb soprano, scale #1
would be G Major, and for a C horn scale #1 would be Bb Major. It seems a
little weird, and perhaps more complicated than it is worth to figure out!

On Thu, 8 Feb 1996, Phillip
Harris wrote:

> I recently purchased a used "First Book of Practical Studies for Clarinet"
> by Hovey (Belwin Mills) for
> some additional music to practice. Scribbled dates in the book were from l976
.
>
> Folded in the book was a chart that has me perplexed . It is not part of the
> book proper. I am going
> to describe the chart hoping it makes sense to someone who will let me know
> what it means.
>
> The 12 major scales are written out in chromatic sequence beginning with C,
> each in 2 or 3 octaves
> as appropiate, each within one measure. Above the measure, Key of C , written
> vertically if the
> following: Bb-1, C-3, Eb-6, F-8. The numbersthen progress upward by 1 as the
> key signatures
> move through Db, D, Eb........B. When a number reaches 12 it progresses to 1
> in the following key.
>
> This sequence is indicated below for the Major scles:
>
>
> C Db D Eb E F Gb G Ab A Bb B
>
> Bb 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
>
> C 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1
2
>
> Eb 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4
5
>
> F 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6
> 7
>
>
> I tried out a couple of notions: (1) some kind of fingering perhaps related
> to transpoing (because
> there was a hand written chart on the inside of the back cover tat added to 2
> sharps to key
> signatures to get to concert pitch ) but the numbers did not elate to any
> fingering chart I had on hand
> and (2) the position fo the note measured in half-steps but that doesn't make
> sense from whatever
> base I began from.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
> Phil.
>
> .
>
>
>
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